Ryan Vo

The project proposal has been implemented with various design strategies throughout the house. The primary idea of the project is to minimise interventions to the existing house and improve amenities by utilising all existing conditions around the house.

The animation demonstrates the variety of design strategies implemented in the existing plan. The process starts with reconfiguring the internal layout from 6 bedrooms house to 4 bedrooms and increasing the number of living spaces. Therefore, the proposed project activates all existing conditions around the house, from the frontage to the backyard.

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The existing home is a single-storey brick veneer house with six bedrooms, and only two shared bathrooms for residents. Not all bedroom sizes comply with Specialist Disability Accommodation Design guidelines (SDA). A small number of shared bathrooms gives residents discomfort to access and stress to use in their schedule. Two living spaces have no separation between public and private uses. The kitchen is inaccessible, and the dining is too tiny to occupy. The surrounding opening spaces seem to be disconnected from the residence.

With the reduction to 4 bedroom house including a room for staff, each accessible bedroom has a private ensuite and individual access to a private deck. The number of living rooms had been increased significantly to give residents more flexibility with different activities and purposes. Relocating the central living cluster to the northern side allows residents to have private spaces and a connection to outdoor living and a backyard. The “abandoned” patio has been transformed into a courtyard for social connection. The proposed project also activated the existing frontage as an undercover drop-off point and carport for staff to allow residents to access the house efficiently.

Before and after images demonstrate the transformation of the abandoned patio into a courtyard for social connection.

The construction sequence shows the process of transforming a patio into a courtyard with prefabricated elements to minimise interventions to existing structures.